Microbes : Health and Environment

Contents: Foreword. Preface. 1. Impact of micro-organisms on environment and health/A.K. Chauhan, A. Das, H. Kharkwal, A.C. Kharkwal and A. Varma. 2. Synergism between medicinal plants and microbes/A. Das, R. Prasad, K. Bhatnagar, G.S. Lavekar and A. Varma. 3. Gloriosa superba L. : Biology and biotechnological strategies for conservation/R. Ade and M. Rai. 4. Antimicrobial activities of some Ayurvedic plant drugs: an appraisal of evidence based researches/G.S. Lavekar and Alka Babbar. 5. Cyanobacteria in soil health and sustainable agriculture/R. Prasanna and B.D. Kaushik. 6. Cyanobacterial secondary metabolites--emerging trends and prospects/R. Prasanna, S. Nayak, A. Suresh, B.D. Kaushik and D.B. Sahoo. 7. Inter-relationships of physical and biological aspects of soil health in Sandy soil/Djajadi and L.K. Abbott. 8. Clostridium botulinum: the source of bioterror and beauty/B.R. Singh, B. Li, S.K. Sharma and T-Wchang. 9. Forms and functions of plant growth-promoting Rhizobacteria/C.S. Nautiyal. 10. Microbial population and biomass C and N in the Rhizosphere of Albizia lebbeck L. and Gmelina arborea Roxb. in a \'jhum\' fallow in Northeast India/K. Shrivastava, A. Arunachalam and K. Arunachalam. 11. Effect of co-inoculation of AM fungi and Bradyrhizobium japonicum on nodulation, nitrogen and phosphorus content in Soya Bean/S. Neupane and B.N. Prasad. 12. Fungus protoplast: impediments on biotechnology/R. Hampp, T. Hurek, A.C. Kharkwal, H. Kharkwal and A. Varma. 13. Fungal phytases in ameliorating nutritional status of foods and combating environmental phosphorus pollution/B. Singh, P. Kaur and T. Satyanarayana. 14. Microbial intervention in arsenic rich environment/Jaishree Paul and Kumar Suranjit Prasad. 15. Applications of alkalistable and thermostable microbial xylanolytic enzymes in pulp and paper industry/T. Satyanarayana and S. Adhikari. 16. Bioleaching and microbial mineral degradation/G. Ebena and E. Kothe. 17. Environmental benefits of xylanase-assisted prebleaching of Kraft pulps/R. Biswas, V. Sahai, S. Mishra and V.S. Bisaria. Index.

"Microbes: Health and Environment highlights the interrelatedness of microbes with life and environment. It stresses that microbes have a beneficial impact on human life and environment. It covers the various aspects of microbes such as molecular biology, interrelationships, microbial intervention in our environment, microbial biotechnology, genetics, their immunology, biochemistry, economic importance, interaction with medicinal plants, human beings, industrial relevance, influence on our health and so on. It is an asset for enterprising students, teachers and scientists."